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Thursday, June 19, 2014

Ecija’s oldest mayor quits post over failing health

Dr.
Abraham Pascua, assistant regional director for Central Luzon and concurrent
provincial director of the Department of the Interior and Local Governments,
said Mayor Ubaldino Lacurom has tendered his resignation to his ally and
political benefactor, Gov. Aurelio Umali.

Lacurom,
a member of Umali’s Unang Sigaw Partido ng Pagbabago, submitted his resignation
letter dated June 6 and received by the provincial DILG on June 9.

Lacurom
won a third and last term in last year’s mayoral elections. His daughter, Cora
Lacurom-Villanueva, also won as vice mayor.

They
were the only father-and-son tandem to win in the polls while an
uncle-and-nephew team of Mayor Nestor Alvarez and Vice Mayor Tekila Grace
Alvarez won in last year’s polls in the ScienceCity
of Munoz.

In
his resignation letter, Lacurom – a retired Regional Trial Court judge, stated
that he is now 81 years old and was afflicted with a mild stroke in August
2008. He cited that in 2011, he underwent angioplasty and was installed with a
pacemaker at the HeartCenter of the Philippines.

Because
of his health conditions, he said he “critically need to slow down” the pace of
his physical and mental activities.

But
he said the paramount reason for his resignation is he wants to enjoy his
pension as a retired RTC judge “for a few more years that I live in this
world.”

“Anyway,
my successor to the position for the rest of my three-year term is my daughter
Vice Mayor Cora G. Lacurom-Villanueva,” he said.

In
his letter, Lacurom thanked Umali for his full support to his administration
for the past seven years and affirmed he and his daughter’s “unflinching
loyalty” to Umali and his wife, third district Rep. Czarina Umali.

Lacurom
expressed the wish that if accepted by Umali, his resignation will take effect
on July 1.